PM's return of sorts to Nee Soon East CC

Children cheering as PM Lee celebrated the reopening of the Nee Soon East Community Club with MPs from the constituency, including Mr Patrick Tay (on PM Lee's right) and Mr K. Shanmugam (right).ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM

Nee Soon East residents can now scale an outdoor rock wall or take cooking classes in a modern studio with the reopening of their community club by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday.

It was a return of sorts for PM Lee, who opened the CC 20 years ago when he was deputy prime minister along with then-MP Ho Peng Kee, who was also at yesterday's event.

Leisure and learning facilities aside, the CC worked with Alexandra Health System and Khoo Teck Puat Hospital to roll out wellness programmes, especially for the numerous elderly people in the area.

PM Lee thanked the 1,000- strong crowd for the warm reception. He noted that although MPs might have changed and the ward gone from being single-seat to part of Sembawang and Nee Soon GRCs, "we are still one team, one leadership, one ideal and one result - a successful Nee Soon East and a successful Singapore...

"I hope we can continue to work together for your support... I look forward to visiting you many more times in Nee Soon".

The Straits Times

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